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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit |  | Author: Jeanette Winterson
Publisher: Grove Press
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 192
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0802135161
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780802135162
ASIN: 0802135161
Publication Date: August 20, 1997
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Product Description
Winner of the Whitbread Prize for best first fiction, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a coming-out novel from Winterson, the acclaimed author of The Passion and Sexing the Cherry. The narrator, Jeanette, cuts her teeth on the knowledge that she is one of God’s elect, but as this budding evangelical comes of age, and comes to terms with her preference for her own sex, the peculiar balance of her God-fearing household crumbles.
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 Juicy Fruit August 6, 2009
Z Egloff (California)
This is my favorite book by this author. The innocence and coming-of-age aspect makes the main character fully sympathetic and compelling. The conflict with her religious upbringing is well-crafted. And Winterson's prose, as always, is delicious. Makes me proud to be a lesbian.Verge
Coming of Age Story October 15, 2008
Kris (IN USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was introduced to this wonderful book through my Brit Lit class. Winterson does an excellent job engaging the audience through her coming-of-age-novel. Not only is her novel about the struggles of homosexuality, loss of religion, and trying to find out where one fits in the world, but it is also about power struggles in relationships. Winterson weaves her semi-autobiographical novel with short fairy tales that delves deep into the psych.
Very different but very interesting and quite good October 8, 2008
Linda Carvin (Horsham, PA United States)
This book was part of an extracurricular reading assignment for a college-related book club led by an English prof. Regardless of the opinions of the 20 participants when they entered the class, when the 90 minute class ended, the majority agreed they liked it and found it quirky but quite good. I would recommend it for the experienced reader and I DO plan to read other works by the same author.
Meaningful novel September 5, 2008
Monica Dobrin
I suppose one mistake that people make about this book is that it is meant to expose the evils of christianity. That may be true, but I don't think that it was the author intended. It seems to be more of a moral dilemma of humanity's inhumanity towards man. Or rather to ask the question of what happens when an unstoppable force meets the immovable object.
Jeanette, adopted and raised by a domineering christian woman, is brought up to believe that there are only the Godly and the Heathens. By the age of seven that she will become a missionary and is even rewarded by her mother for scaring other students with stories of hell and damnation.
By the age of fourteen, she is throughly misunderstood at school and micro-managed at home. She soon finds solice in a young women who she brings to the church.
However, once her mother catches on to the romance, they are called to repent. Jeanette refuses to deny her love and is subjected to threats, starvation and imprisonment. Delirious, she agrees to reform but is soon drawn back into homosexuality by another young convert.
Fearing further mistreatment, Jeanette leaves home, forcing herself to accept that she will never fit within the high standards and expectations of her learnings.
Highly recommended for any gay teenager or young adult who is struggling to come out from a religious background, although you don't need to fit into that catergory in order to get some value out of this story.
An equally successful mini-series was aired in Britian in 1990 by the same name and follows the book very closely. Also recommended.
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